This is the final post in our series, Choosing the Best PhD Program. I’ve discussed some important criteria for helping you to select a grad program: your goals/research interests, and evaluating whether you’ll be a competitive applicant. Those are big ones. But as a classic PhD Comic reminds us, you’re not just a “brain on a stick”—you…

In the first post in this series, we discussed the role of your goals and circumstances in choosing the best PhD programs to apply to. Now we are ready to move on to the next step… Doing an honest evaluation of your credentials and considering where you will be a competitive candidate is the next step in…

If you’re considering applying for admission to a PhD program, you should start thinking about where you want to apply. Your criteria for selecting target programs will depend on your goals and circumstances, but here are a few things to think about. First (and most importantly), what is your goal, and what are you primary…